Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 3, 2011

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware   001-14195   65-0723837

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

116 Huntington Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(617) 375-7500

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

  x Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 8.01 Other Items.

On June 3, 2011, American Tower Corporation (the “Company”) announced that its newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary, American Tower REIT, Inc., filed a proxy statement/prospectus on Form S-4 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to effect the Company’s proposed conversion to a real estate investment trust. The Company’s press release, dated June 3, 2011, is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1, and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1    Press release dated June 3, 2011.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

   

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION

(Registrant)

Date: June 3, 2011     By:   /S/    THOMAS A. BARTLETT        
       

Thomas A. Bartlett

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1    Press release dated June 3, 2011.